The coming decade holds immense potential for dramatic improvement in US education and in the achievement of American children--provided that people seize the opportunities at hand and are not deterred by the obstacles to change. In this volume, members of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 Education examine both the potential gains…

"The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Foundations" features international scholars uniquely qualified to examine issues specific to their regions of the world. The Handbook provides readers with an alternative to the traditional texts in the foundations of education by taking aim at the status quo, and by offering frameworks…

This manual is designed for California Teachers Association (CTA) members who are serving on Certificated Employees Councils (CEC) or chapter negotiating teams. It concentrates almost entirely on the organization, role, and function of the CEC or negotiating team and describes a system of collective negotiations. The sections of the manual are:…

The document discusses teacher-centered inservice teacher education. It describes how local associations of teachers can get together to insure that inservice education will reflect their needs, answer their questions, and help with their specific problems. An outline is presented for a model conference to plan such a program. (CD)

Twenty-eight articles and ten appendices contractually agreed to by Oakland Community College (Michigan) and the Oakland Community College Faculty Association constitute this collective bargaining agreement. Areas covered by the contract include: recognition, conditions of work, conditions of employment, staff reduction, evaluation, discharge and…

This booklet is intended to aid leaders of local education associations in developing a continuing public relations (PR) program aimed at establishing and maintaining a favorable public image for teachers. Although it offers useful guidelines for developing a PR program, the booklet does not contain lists of specific things to do. Instead, it…

This guide is intended to help community college educators prepare for collective bargaining. Chapters include: (1) Background, discussing the acceptance of collective bargaining in community colleges in half of the states; (2) Myths and Problems, examining a variety of generalizations about the collective bargaining process, institutional and…

This handbook serves as a guide to counselors in helping them reinforce and/or change the image of the school counselor. It suggests the necessity for the counselor's becoming an active member in the negotiating unit of his school district's Teacher's Association, and lists many activities which will make the school and community aware of the…

This booklet is designed to help local education associations utilize existing publicity techniques and develop others to provide visibility for the associations and their teachers. Discussion covers the role of publicity and its relationship to public relations (examples and guidelines are given), the development of a news-gathering network…

The first part of this learning package is a workbook designed to help teachers understand the concept of self-governance and appreciate the position that professional self-regulation is necessary to serve educational goals and teacher needs. Five units explore different aspects of the issue through pretest questions and answers, instructional…

Successful collective bargaining and, if necessary, strike management, requires careful planned communication strategies and programs before, during, and after, if the school system is to maintain the public's confidence. This handbook is designed to provide guidelines for the educational administrative team in developing a communication plan that…

Answers are provided to some of the most frequently asked questions about teaching and education in Canada, and a guide to other publications and institutions that can provide more detailed information is presented. It is especially noted that each province and territory in Canada has its own autonomous educational system and may make its own…

The master contract between the San Joaquin Delta College Teachers Association/CTA/NEA and the Board of Trustees of the San Joaquin Delta Community College District for July 1977 to June 1980 is presented in full. Thirty articles include: Agreement, Recognition, Definitions, Negotiation Procedures, Non-Discrimination, Association Rights,…

This paper is designed to be used as a practical resource manual for the development of proposals for negotiations on inservice teacher education. It is divided into two sections. The first section focuses on the analytical techniques which should be used by an association in formulating the content and design of its inservice education proposal.…

This second in a series of eight learning modules on professional role and development is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers aid in serving their profession by helping them become aware of the various ways they can serve it (e.g., through active support of organizations representing the profession, volunteer work on…